{"id":2488,"date":"2013-05-25T05:50:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T05:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2013-05-25T05:50:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T05:50:47","slug":"amateur-variable-star-observers-solve-dwarf-nova-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2488","title":{"rendered":"Amateur variable star observers solve dwarf nova mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations by members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aavso.org\/\" target=\"_d\">American Association of Variable Star Observers<\/a> (AAVSO) have helped to solve a mystery regarding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aavso.org\/vsots_sscyg\" target=\"_d\">SS Cygni<\/a> variable star and correct a measurement made of it with the Hubble telescope:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn23594-astrophile-hobbyist-stakeout-solves-dwarf-star-enigma.html\" target=\"_d\">Astrophile: Hobbyist stakeout solves dwarf star enigma &#8211; New Scientist &#8211; 24 May 2013 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aavso.org\/aavso-observers-help-solve-mystery-about-important-variable-star\" target=\"_d\">AAVSO observers help solve a mystery about an important variable star &#8211; AAVSO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observations by members of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) have helped to solve a mystery regarding the SS Cygni variable star and correct a measurement made of it with the Hubble telescope: Astrophile: Hobbyist stakeout solves dwarf star enigma &#8211; New Scientist &#8211; 24 May 2013 AAVSO observers help solve a mystery &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2488\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amateur variable star observers solve dwarf nova mystery<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-E8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22098,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22098","url_meta":{"origin":2488,"position":0},"title":"ESO: Massive star vanishes from view","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): A Cosmic Mystery: ESO Telescope Captures the Disappearance of a Massive Star Using the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. 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